American - Musician | July 14, 1987 -
There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
Dan Reynolds
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I do feel a need as a Mormon to speak out against things that are hurting people.
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But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.
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My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music.
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There was nothing more I wanted to do than to see my dad react well to my music. I still do. I send him my demos all the time.
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I promise to be the best missionary I can - a Mormon missionary for the LGBTQ community - and to hopefully use this privilege I've been given to give them a voice.
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I've had so many parents ask me, 'So when should you talk about what it means to be gay or LGBTQ with a child?' I don't think there's any age that's too young.
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One of my best friends was gay and Mormon, and I saw how conflicted he was. It was the first time my faith didn't align with my mind and heart and the first time I was being taught something at church that I was like, 'Hey, this doesn't seem right.'
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I'm tired of living the vanilla, non-offensive life. I think that's a really sad way to spend my life, and I lived it like that because that's what I was brought up in, taught to not rock the ship.
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I'm about as privileged as you can get. I'm a white, male, heterosexual front man of a rock band.
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I've followed Tegan and Sara's music for quite a while, and I've been a fan of them and what they do and what they stand for. We've run into each other at one or two festivals over the years, and I kind of fanned out on them.
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I really don't want my daughters to know me for being that guy who sings songs.
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